Wow! Being queer myself, I'm interested in how other other cultures react to LGBT and how they live and adapt.

One thing I noticed-the asked who was the boy in the relationship and the Japanese women went with it, while a western gay person would be offended by a question-(i.e., "Asking who's the "man" in the relationship is like asking which chopstick is the fork"). Is there still something of a gendered dynamic among Japanese LGBTs, because I get this feeling from the seme/uke streotype too.

i have to agree with what you said i felt that some of his questions for the female couple were a little to personal,but maybe it was his first time meeting a lesbian couple.i know when my friends came out to me in high school, i had little to no expose to the LGBT community and i had a whole slue of inappropriate questions. i know now the were inappropriate but at the time to me it was just extreme curiosity.

that was my conclusion too. This proves how much the concept of typical masculinity/feminity is just a cultural construction and not something naturally inherent to gender.as usual, society tries to impose "a way to be" a man/woman when in fact, there is not such thing =__=u

Now try to explain why these ppl cant have the same rights a woman and a man have, what is the difference?? it´s incredibly sad some people cant grab such a simple concept.a relationship of love shouldnt bother anyone

This was so cute and made my heart all warm and fuzzy especially Ai and Julie. Koh Masaki and Tenten are cute too. I like to see them tweet each back and forth on twitter or post pictures together. If Ai and Julie had a blog, I'd definitely read it all the time. Honestly looking forward to future couples as well.

The photographer's hair is so long, I kept staring at it, lol.

Edit: I know it's not planned, but I like how Ai and Julie have a dog while Koh Masaki and Tenten have a cat.

Everyone keeps saying Ai and Julie have a beautiful relationship, but I'm kind of curious what's so beautiful about it. Between Ai saying their fights are always her fault, Julie saying Ai never does anything around the house, Julie airing their dirty laundry--really explicitly--for the entire internet to see...I don't know. I'm happy it works for them, but their video kind of freaked me out.

Also if anyone is looking to read up more on gay culture and relationships in Japan, I can't recommend this book enough. It focuses mostly on lesbian essays though there are trans* and gay male essays too. It's also a bit dated but only by about 10 years.